Rumor: new Kid Icarus flying to the Wii

If rumors are to be believed, Kid Icarus is due to be revived with a new game …

It has been a while since Pit starred in his own game on home consoles. While he appeared in two Kid Icarus games on the original NES system and Game Boy (Kid Icarus, Kid Icarus:Of Myths and Monsters, respectively), Pit has been conspicuously absent from video games since the early 90s.

However, with his resurfacing in Super Smash Bros Brawl, it is rumored that Nintendo is developing a new Icarus title for the Wii. Matt Casamassina over at IGN has all but officially announced the game's development on his latest podcast: "Of course [Nintendo is] going to have some E3 surprises. You know, Kid Icarus, for crying out loud, how many times do we have to say Kid Icarus? Kid Icarus is coming for crying out loud." Casamassina also hints that he knows the identity of the game's developer, but that he doesn't want to make an official announcement at this time.

This is all hearsay at the moment, but it certainly doesn't seem that far-fetched for this game to be in development given the popularity of the original NES title. Most likely, Nintendo won't announce anything about the game until E3, provided it is indeed in development. However, if gamers have already tired of beating Smash Bros Brawl, they have a couple of other ways to get their Pit fix: Kid Icarus is now available for the Virtual Console, and he also can be watched on the N Team in Captain N: The Game Master.